BIO

Bio for Patrick Howe

Patrick Howe is an artist, author and teacher. His artwork hangs in many corporate and private collections including Providence Medical Center, Safeco, and the Weyerhaeuser Corporate. In 1974 he graduated with a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art, in Portland, OR. In 1975 he was selected to exhibit in the Northwest Annual Art Show at the Portland Art Museum. In 1975 he became the Head Preparator at the Portland Art Museum. From 1976-1980 he performed artist in residencies and participated in art exhibitions sponsored by Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, in Denver, CO. In 1981 he had a one man show at the Loveland Art Museum, in Loveland, CO. In 2004 he was the winner of the Best Artist Award at Bellevue Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue, WA. From 1980-2000 he was also an award winning graphic designer and art director for Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Safeco, Eddie Bauer, REI, and Boeing. In 2006 his book “Dramatic Light” was published by Northlight Books. In 2013 his art theory book “The Awakening Artist: Madness and Spiritual Awakening in Art” was published by John hunt Publishing. The book was nominated in 2014 for the Robert Motherwell Book Award for outstanding and original thinking on the topic of Modernism in Art. From 2004 to 2014 he was the owner of Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle. There he exhibited his artwork and taught classes. Patrick was born in Portland, OR and has been living in Seattle since 1981.

Sample of other shows and commissions
Outdoor sculpture commission for the Oregon Arts Commission, 1975
Group shows: Fountain Head Gallery, Portland, Or 1975 
Group Shows: Matskie Runnings Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1985
Group shows: Rodes Stringfellow Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, 2004 
Group shows: Global Art Venue, Seattle, WA, 2006 
Award Winner,  Eastside Fine Art Association Annual Show, 2013
Group show: Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA, 2014